96-23485. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 179 (Friday, September 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48491-48492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23485]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, DHHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Agency for Health Care Policy and 
Research's (AHCPR) intention to request the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) review of a proposed data collection project. In 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 
(44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D)), the AHCPR invites the

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public to comment on this proposed information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Allison Eydt, Human 
Resources and Housing Branch, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB; New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503.
    All comments will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Dillard, AHCPR Reports 
Clearance Officer, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project: Assessment of 
decisionmaking tools for minority and underserved workers and their 
families.
    The purpose of the project is to develop and test a print guide and 
video for low literacy, low socioeconomic or ethnic minority persons, 
including Medicaid recipients, to help them choose a health plan. The 
purpose of the proposed data collection will be to systematically 
assess user reaction to the materials, including perceptions of the 
benefits and limitations of the materials. The burden estimates are:

Consumer

    No. of respondents: 150.
    No. of surveys per respondent: 1.
    Average burden/response: .33 hours.
    Estimated total burden/response: 50 hours.
    Copies of these data collection plans and instruments can be 
obtained from the AHCPR Reports Clearance Officer (see above for 
details).

    Dated: September 9, 1996.
Clifton R. Gaus,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-23485 Filed 9-12-96; 8:45 am]
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